IPL 2021 / Shardul thakur csk vs kkr final match shardul turned the match

Dubai: Chennai Super Kings (CSK) defeated Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) by 27 runs in the final match of IPL 2021 to win the tournament for the fourth time. Earlier, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) has won the IPL title in 2010, 2011 and 2018 as well. CSK has won all the four titles under the captaincy of Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

This player reversed the attitude of the final

In this match, one over of Shardul Thakur turned the whole bet. At one point, KKR's team seemed to be moving ahead on 91 runs without any wicket, but then Shardul Thakur turned the match in just two balls. Seeing the match slipping out of hand, Dhoni handed the ball to Shardul in the 11th over and Shardul did not disappoint his captain at all.

Takes two wickets in the same over

Shardul Thakur first showed the way to the pavilion to Venkatesh Iyer (50), who scored a half-century. Ravindra Jadeja got the first success for CSK by taking a brilliant catch from Iyer. After this, Shardul Thakur got Nitish Rana out to bat in the hands of Faf du Plessis on the very first ball.

KKR's middle order fell apart like a pack of cards

In this way, Shardul got CSK back in the match in just two balls and after that KKR's middle order was shattered like a pack of cards and CSK won by 27 runs. Chennai Super Kings captured the trophy for the fourth time. KKR's middle order spoiled the hard work of the openers.

CSK got IPL trophy

Batting first after losing the toss, CSK made a huge total of 192 runs in 20 overs with the help of 7 fours and three sixes from 59 balls by du Plessis. Chasing the target, KKR's team could only manage 165 runs for nine wickets in 20 overs. Apart from Shardul, Ravindra Jadeja and Josh Hazlewood took two wickets each for CSK while Deepak Chahar and Dwayne Bravo got one wicket each.